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122u m j e t n i c ia r t i s t s“My workshave a uniqueenergy thateveryone canrecognize andwhich is neededby everyonein today’sapocalyptictimes.”art scene. He held his first exhibition at the Museumof Arts and Crafts in 1985, at the time when he wasalready publishing photographs in several well-knownfashion magazines. This was followed by exhibitionsin France, UK, U.S., Italy, Czech Republic, Australia,Japan, Germany, and finally he returned to Croatia atthe beginning of the 90’s for, as Lupino himself says,patriotic reasons.The embryo of this year’s appearance in the RalphPucci’s gallery could have been noticed even ten yearsago, when Lupino began experimenting with woodand metal, in the form of product design. First therewere chairs and artistic furniture, then crosses, whatled him to the field of sculpture, and through it to thepainting.“I started painting last year, and specificity of mywork is that I created a completely original paintingtechnique, which some connoisseurs of art called“lupinism” and compared me even with Picasso andDali”, claims Lupino.All of those who have in the last two decades regularlyseen Lupino’s photographs of models, which hada distinct sculptural quality, will not be surprised bythis direction he has taken. His chairs were actuallyalso a kind of sculpture, the result of many years ofexperience and accumulated energy in adulthood.But, as here the museum had no interest in exhibitingLupino’s works and since the true gallery scenedoes not really exist, the return to the “crime scene”was probably the only option. But in the meantime,New York has drastically changed. The clubs whereLupino ruled with his cameras no longer exist, and theartistic circles have moved from expensive Manhattanto Brooklyn and Queens. However, several acquaintancesremain, and despite the inevitable changesthat the town has experienced, New York is still justas inspiring, and there, as Lupino himself says, createdmost of his paintings, sketches on bases of which hephysically makes them in Zagreb, have been created.Lupino claims that his participation in the exhibitionin New York’s Gallery Nine is already recognizedfor the strong energy it brings, and his work is seenas a new artistic direction. The Pucci gallery, whichshould open soon in Miami, he reveals, already orderedfrom him a new bronze sculpture, designed forthe gallery’s permanent exhibition. Furthermore, atthe opening of the gallery his works from the NewYork’s exhibition will be exhibited as well. For the nextyear, however, he has announced a solo exhibition inNew York, the dream of every artist in the world.Always full of new ideas, Lupino meanwhile plansmore inspirational travels, and for the immediatefuture he reveals ambitious projects, which shouldturn him in a couple of years into a globally renownedartist. The recipe is simple and proven. Just as he onceas an anonymous Croat in New York developed intoa photographer who publishes in well-known magazines,now he should evolve from the famous photographerinto a globally respected artist.“I have an original style and I am doing uniqueworks, which do not resemble anything seen so far.And not only that - my works have a unique energythat everyone can recognize and which is needed byeveryone in today’s apocalyptic times”, says StephanLupino.